SimpleX Chat

This app deserves 5 stars for the privacy features, including the encrypted voice/video calls. Much better and more reliable than Session, and we can trust that it’s going to be around long term. But there are numerous UI/UX bugs in this app that make it awkward to use. If they’re VC funded, they should have the bandwidth to solve these very basic issues that should come up with normal usage. Once those are fixed, this would be a clear 5 star app.

Should have an option for the non tech savvy people because while this app is EXTREMELY GOOD at its job, i had to play around with the settings so it wouldn’t lag or take forever to send a message let alone half the time I did trial and error to figure out what everything meant. If not, add a developer or advance user interface/option and have short explanations about what certain buttons and settings do. Other than that PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING BESIDES IMPROVEMENTS. It’s already perfectly made and manageable, it’s just a bit too overwhelming for some people who aren’t familiar with servers and relay nodes. Thank you creators and developers and I hope we keep this project strong!!

Coming from a security engineer looking for alternatives as the “Session” app shuts down. Check out all of these security features — and the best part that most miss: “No Data Collected”. This will be my new platform. Approved.

This is a great app and very easy to use. The only downside is that the iOS app feels really laggy,especially after using it for a while. The developers definitely needs to optimize it.

I really love how well I’m protected using this. That is the strong point here. But what needs Siri is the design - it just doesn’t look very good. It feels like something used on old Gnome Linux Desktop to me that has the bare minimum for mobile design. The secure nature and privacy structure of the app is beautiful though and no app matches this robust approach to privacy & security (they’re not the same thing).

Good alternative to Signal and it has a few extra features. Signal uses phone number which kinda defeats the purpose and adds a layer of restriction when making an account. Signal also block certain phone numbers from receiving verification texts. Three stars for now because the app is broken on iOS26. Even after a full removal and reinstall it fails to open the keyboard when taping a text entry field and just freezes.